Misleading Bela and misrepre- senlation.

Obstruc- tion.

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of efficiently performing his duties as such or, as the case may be, efficiently carrying on his work as a person so engaged, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

11. (0) Any person who shall—

(a) do any act calculated falsely to suggest that be or any other person is or is not acting (either generally or in a particular capacity) in the service, or on behalf, of the Crown, or of a foreign Government, or as a member of the Police Force or of a fire brigade, or in the service, or on behalf of, an under- taking engaged in the performance of essential services; or

(8) do, in relation to any property, any act calculated falsely to suggest that the property does or does not belong to, or is or is not in the possession or under the control of, the Crown, or has or has not been classified, selected or appropriated on behalf of the Crown for any particular purpose; or

(c) do any act whereby there are communicated, or likely to be communicated, to the public ur to any section thereof any directions, instructions or information falsely purporting to be duly issued or given for purposes connected with the public interest; or

(d) make any alarm signal otherwise than for the purpose for which, or otherwise than in the circumstances in which, the making of that signal is authorized by or on behalf of the Governor, or do any act, or make any statement, having reasonable cause to believe that the act or statement is likely to result in such a signal being made otherwise than for that purpose or otherwise than in those circumstances, or do any act having reasonable cause to believe that the act is likely to be mistaken for the making of such a signal; or

(e) do any act, or make any statement, having reasonable cause to believe that the act or statement is likely to mislead any person in the discharge of any lawful Functions in connection with the public interest,

shall be guilty of an ollence against these regulations.

(2) In this regulation the expression "alarm signal" means any signal authorized by or on behalf of the Governor to be used for any purpose connected with the public interest.

112. Any person who obstructs any member of His Majesty's regular forces or any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve or any police officer acting in the course of his duty as

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such, or any person exercising any powers or performing any duties conferred or imposed on him by these regulations or any orders, directions, requirements or notices thereunder or otherwise discharging any lawful functions in connection with the public Interest shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

possessIOTI

113. (1) Any person who, without lawful authority or Unlawful reasonable excuse, the burden of proof of which shall lie upon of and him, shall-

dealing

with arms,

belonging

(a) detain, buy, exchange or receive, from any ste, member of His Majesty's regular forces or local naval, military to military or air force, corps or reserve or of the Police Force or from any or police deserter from any such forces or from any person acting for or on behalf of any of the persons aforesaid; or

(b) solicit or entice any of the said persons to sell, make away with, or dispose of; or

(c) be employed by any of the said persons, knowing him to belong to one or other of such forces or to be a deserter from any of such forces, to sell, make away with, or dispose of; or

make away

(d) detain, sell, exchange, hand over, with, receive or have in his possession, any arms, ammunition, explosives, clothing, accoutrements, medals or other appointments, furnished for the use of any of the said forces or any chattel being the property of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of Hong Kong or any Department of either of such Governments, or any chattel which has been in the supply of, or which has been imported into the Colony, for the use of, the Navy, Army or Air Force Institutes, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

forces.

from

114. Any person who shall escape from any custody in which Escape he is lawfully held shall be guilty of an offence against these custody. regulations.

of

115. (1) The Governor may, if he considers it in the public Prohibition interest so to du, bay order prohibit the manufacture, sale, use, uniforms. display or possession of any flag, banner, badge, emblem, device, emblems, uniform or distinctive dress.

(2) Any person contravening any provision of an order made under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

etc.

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